Cultivator.



No. 723,380. PATBNTBD MAR.'24,1903.

- J. R. GRAVES.

' GULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1902.

. B0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET L attouwqo PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

J. R. GRAVES.

GULTIVATOR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1902.

Hams-SHEET 2.

H0 MODEL.

"m:- uormls PETERS 0o. vuo'muma. WA5NINGTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. GRAVES, OF FULLER, MISSISSIPPI.

CU LTlVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 723,380, dated March24, 1903.

Application filed August 15. 1902. Serial No. 119,738. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. GRAVES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fuller, in the county of Jones and State of Mississippi,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to cultivators.

The object of the invention is to provide a cultivator which shall besimple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive ofproduction, and one in which the standards of the cultivator may beeasily and quickly secured to the beams thereof.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatureslof construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, whichwill be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly defined in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved cultivator. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a fragment of one ofthe beams, illustrating the manner of connecting the standard of thecultivator to said beam; and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the cultivator.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the beam of the cultivator, whichpreferably consists of a single piece of strap-iron of proper thickness,bent centrally to form the parallel portions 2, from which point theydiverge rearwardly, as shown at 3, and terminate in inwardly-projectingextensions 4, which are connected together by a bolt'5. This connectionis an adjustable one and may be effected in any suitable manner,preferably by forming one of the extensions with a horizontal row ofapertures 6, whereby the divergent angle of the beams may be increasedor lessened to regulate the width of operation of the cultivator.

7 denotes handles secured at their forward ends to the forward ends ofthe divergent beams and extending rearwardly and connected to the rearends of the divergent beams by a yoke 8 and by bolts 9 and 10, theformer passing through the yoke and handles and the latter through theyoke and rear divergent ends of the beams.

11 denotes the cultivator-shovels, which may be of any suitable shapeand construction.

12 denotes the shanks of the cultivatorshovels, which preferably consisteach of a flat piece or bar of iron to fit snugly against the sides ofthe divergent cultivator-beams and are secured thereto bydiagonally-extending clips 13, which embrace the beams and the standardsand have placed upon their screw-threaded ends tie-bars 14 to preventthe spreading of the ends of the clip and are secured in place by nuts16.

17 denotes the forward cultivator-shovel, 18 its standard, and 19 a clipof the same construction as those above described and connected to thebeam in a similar manner, the only difference in the arrangement beingthat the standard of said forward cultivator is located between theparallel sides of the beam.

20 denotes a clevis secured to the forward ends of the beam.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of myinvention will be readily understood, it is thought, without requiringamore extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction maybe resorted to withoutdeparting from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a cultivator the combination with the divergent beams, the rear endsof which are provided with inwardly-projecting extensions and theforward ends of which are parallel for a portion of theirlength and areunited, means for adjustably connecting the extensions together, handlessecured at their forward ends to the forward ends of said beams, ayokeembracing said handles and secured thereto, the

ends of said yoke being secured to the rear ends of said beams,cultivator-shovels connected to the divergent portions of the beams,

IOO

tion and preventing the spreading of the cultivator-beams at theirforward ends, substantially as described In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES R. GRAVES.

Witnesses:

LUTHER HILL, THOMAS A. HILL.

